Description
Papers of composer Gordon Playman, including manuscript scores, research files, correspondence, clipping and recordings of
his compositions. Playman wrote several large-scale orchestral works, including four symphonies, all of which were performed.
Organized into the following series: I.Musical scores, II.Sound recordings, III.Research Files, IV.Correspondence, and V.Clippings
Background
Gordon Playman (1922-2004?) studied composition at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, though he left the university
to serve in the Marine Corps as a torpedo bomber pilot in the South Pacific during WWII. After the war ended, he resumed
his studies, graduating in 1947. The same year he won a John Hancock composition scholarship at Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts
studying there with Arthur Honegger, Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber.
Extent
20 boxes
10 linear feet
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.